About the Authors

Yifei Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Dawei Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specially Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China

Ling Yan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specially Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China

Hongwen Huang

huanghw@mail.scbg.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL DL HH. Performed the experiments: YL DL LY. Analyzed the data: YL LY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL DL LY. Wrote the paper: YL HH.